TOM WAITS, Swordfishtrombones PROMO USA 1st pressing EXCELLENT- LP

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Tom Waits ?– Swordfishtrombones Label: Island Records ?– 90095-1, Island Records ?– 7 90095-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, SRC Pressing  Country: US Released: 1983 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Blues Rock, Lounge, Jazz-Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Underground Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Drums – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Electric Guitar – Fred Tackett Marimba [Bass] – Victor Feldman Vocals – Tom Waits 1:58 A2 Shore Leave Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Angklung [Metal Aunglongs] – Francis Thumm Banjo, Guitar – Fred Tackett Marimba, Marimba [Bass], Shaker, Bass Drum [With Rice] – Victor Feldman Trombone – Randy Aldcroft Vocals, Percussion [Chair] – Tom Waits 4:12 A3 Dave The Butcher (Instrumental) Organ [Hammond B-3] – Tom Waits Percussion [Bass Boo Bams] – Victor Feldman 2:15 A4 Johnsburg, Illinois Bass – Greg Cohen Vocals, Piano – Tom Waits 1:30 A5 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Drum [Brake Drum], Percussion [Bell Plate], Snare – Victor Feldman Drums – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Electric Guitar – Fred Tackett Trombone – Joe Romano (4) Vocals – Tom Waits 4:30 A6 Town With No Cheer Bagpipes – Anthony Clark Stewart Programmed By [Synthesizer] – Clark Spangler Vocals, Harmonium, Synthesizer, Bells [Freedom Bell] – Tom Waits 4:22 A7 In The Neighborhood Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Baritone Horn – Randy Aldcroft Bass Drum [Parade Drum], Cymbal – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Organ [Hammond B-3], Snare, Bells – Victor Feldman Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (2), Dick (Slyde) Hyde* Vocals – Tom Waits 3:04 B1 Just Another Sucker On The Vine (Instrumental) Harmonium – Tom Waits Trumpet – Joe Romano (4) 1:42 B2 Frank's Wild Years (For Frankie Z.) Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Organ [Hammond] – Ronnie Barron Recorded By – Tim Boyle Vocals – Tom Waits 1:50 B3 Swordfishtrombone Acoustic Bass – Greg Cohen Electric Bass – Larry Taylor Marimba, Congas, Bass Drum, Drum [Dabuki] – Victor Feldman Vocals – Tom Waits 3:00 B4 Down, Down, Down Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Drums – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Electric Guitar – Carlos Guitarlos Organ – Eric Bikales Snare, Tambourine – Victor Feldman Vocals – Tom Waits 2:10 B5 Soldier's Things Acoustic Bass – Greg Cohen Vocals – Tom Waits 3:15 B6 Gin Soaked Boy Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Drums – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Electric Guitar – Fred Tackett Vocals – Tom Waits 2:20 B7 Trouble's Braids Acoustic Bass – Larry Taylor Bass Drum [Parade] – Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Talking Drum [African] – Victor Feldman Vocals – Tom Waits 1:18 B8 Rainbirds (Instrumental) Glass Harmonica – Francis Thumm, Richard Gibbs, Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges* Piano – Tom Waits 3:05 Companies, etc. Record Company – Island Records Inc. Distributed By – Atco Records Distributed By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Record Company – Warner Communications Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc. Copyright (c) – Island Records Inc. Published By – Jalma Music Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorded At – Leeds Instrument Rental Mastered At – Kendun Recorders Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ?5273 Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Credits Arranged By – Francis Thumm (tracks: A1, A4, A7, B8), Tom Waits Art Direction – Frank Mulvey Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Michael Solomon (2) Design Concept [Album Cover Concept], Design – Michael Russ, Tom Waits Engineer [Assistant] – Bill Jackson, Peggy McCreary, Richard McKernon*  Illustration [Photo Illustration], Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Michael Russ Management – Rothberg*, Gerber*  Mastered By – Jeff Sanders Recorded By, Mixed By – Biff Dawes Written-By, Producer – Tom Waits Notes ? © 1983 Island Records, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. All lyrics © 1982 Jalma Music ASCAP. All songs recorded at Sunset Sound, August 1982 except A3 was recorded at Leeds Instrument Rental. Mastered at Kendun Recorders Dedicated to my wife, Kathleen.  Special thanks to Don Passman, Francis Thumm, Biff Dawes, Victor Feldman, Arlyne Rothberg & Bill Gerber and Peggy McCreary. On back cover: Distributed by Atco Records, Division of Atlantic Recording Corporation. On labels: Dist. by Atlantic Recording Corp. Includes a printed inner sleeve. 

USA PROMO STAMPED FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX: ST IL 835297C JS KENDUN [Allied '?' Logo] B-18561-C FOR KATHLEEN AND KELLESIMONE SLM ?5273 SP 1-2 0-1 / ST IL 835298-B SP 0-ISMI-5 [Allied '?' Logo] B-18562-B JS KENDUN SLM ?5273-X 1-2.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. REAR PROMO STAMP.  INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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